Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-20

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CITY COUNCIL.
Official Proceedings of the Monday
Evenings Meeting.
[Continued from fourth page
SEQ. As. Mayors duty to see that the
laws are enforced. The mayor shall be
active and vigilaDt in enforcing ali laws
and ordinances for the government of
the city and he shall cause all subordi-
nate officers to be dealt with promptly
for any neglect or violation of duty.
The Office of the council is not to en-
force the laws.
TIE council are charged with the en-
ers are charged with the duty of enforc-
ing such ordinances.
In the opinion, of your committee, the
territorial laws, and the city ordinances
now in force, are sufficient and all that
are necessary, and could be effeotual to
suppress the existence of houses of pros.
tltntion within the city.
The need, if need be, comes from the
non. enforcement OF the laws and ordi-
nances heretofore enacted by the law
makers, both of the territory and the
city OF Yankton.
Your committee see no necessity for
further legislation or action on the part
of the council, as suggested by the petit.
ton under consideration, unless il would
be to ordain that ali houses of prostitu5
ton within the city be destroyed.
Even then a difficulty would arise.
What would become of the inmates and
{ kesuers of all such houses? Would they
go &, the prisons? Or would they go to
the p%oor-bouse? Or would they be
driven out upon other communities, aud
thereby violate the Scriptural ipiuno-
ton, "Do unto Others as you wonld that
others should do unto you?" Neoes-
earily, they would have ito go to n OF
the other, for homes they must have,
and there would be no other shelter for
those fallen ones--those weakened, de-
graded members of our race, SO soon
as the houses Of prostitution were oil
destroyed.
Society would prefer the leper to all
sach-even though there may be charity
in the world.
4 In conclusion, your committee beg tC
say, that they see no need for further
Legislation as asked by the petitioners
Let the laws now enacted, and upon the
statute books, both of the territory and
the city. be enforced, and houses of pros
titution will be suppressed.
We, therefore, refer the petition bacl
to the council, and ask to be discharged
, from further consideration thereof.
M. II. OHLMAN,
JOHN MAX,
A, M. ENGLISH,
Committee on Ordinances.
| The COMMITTEES OF appraisement t.
1 assess damages to property owner
| caused by change of grade OF 9TH stree
t made the following report. On motiol
/ the report was adopted:
9 10 the Mayor and City Council OF til
city of Yankton. We FL. B. Wynn, Get
lib. Hoffman, j. II. Hanson the apprais
: ers appointed by your honorable bod,
to appraise the damages resulting fror
y a proposed change of the street grade
i TO property adjoining or abutting o
Sixth street between Cedar and Mnlberr
streets in the oity of Yankton, do hereb
I report that we met on Saturday the lot
q day of July 1887, and having called t
our aid the city engineer proceeded t
= view ana examine the proposed chang
: OF grade as represented by the people c
b said Sixth street furnished us by til
Il CITY engineer and after a thorough an
careful examination of the matter "
report that we fiud said proposed chang
Z OF grade OF public utility, and that n
J damage would be done to any propert
thereby. IL. b. WYNN.
J r. HANSON.
GEO. B. HOFFMAN.
An ordinance entitled an ordinanc
changing grade of 9Th street betwee
Cedar and Mulberry streets was intro
duced and read first time.
On motion the rulee were %suspende'
8 ordinance read End and Bird times an
: put Upon its final passage and passed
Six voting in the affirmative and non
IN the negative, as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative wei
Aldermen Balmst, Branch. English, Ma
! Noonan and Ohlman-6. Absent ar
= not voting Aldermen Grove and Move
o-2. I
Contract OF John Goeden for gradir
y approaches to Burleigh street bridi
presented.
On motion of Alderman English IL
u matter of railroad street crossings WI
.. referred to committee on grades, str ee
~ and alleys.
ID Same committee was instructed to e
. anime into the matter of curb lines al
report to the council.
Same committee instructed |
0 examine sidewalks throughout the OF
er and introduce o resolution to have {
same repaired.
Ordinance committee instructed
prepare an ordinance so as to q
at thorize the council to have sidewalks
1T paired immediately.
eIs On motion council adjourned.
J.. 81. TELLER, Mayor.
Attest: JAMES KINGsBURY, City Ole
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